Headphones output?

[Leander]

Hi!

I remember that one version or project of mine had an output named "Headphones"...but I can no longer find it. I have Master, Metronom, Preview, X and Y...how can I add "Headphones" so I can use Sonarworks Reference with the profile for my Sennheiser HD 600?

My audio device is a Motu M4...the headphones are connected via a cable...and work for every audio task. How can I add this "Headphones" section in Cakewalk?

[Promidi]

Not sure of your set up, but does your Motu M4 have multiple outputs, one of them being what your HD 600 headphones is connected to.

If so, is that output selected in Preferences - Audio - Devices.  Might want to give it a friendly name like “headphones” or something like that.

Then you can create a bus that is routed to that output.

I am not sure if I am on the right track (no pun intended)...   but I have a similar set up here with a 3rd generation Focusrite 8i6 (without the Sonarworks Reference)

[57Gregy]

On 1/25/2025 at 9:11 PM, Leander said:

Hi!

I remember that one version or project of mine had an output named "Headphones"...but I can no longer find it. I have Master, Metronom, Preview, X and Y...how can I add "Headphones" so I can use Sonarworks Reference with the profile for my Sennheiser HD 600?

My audio device is a Motu M4...the headphones are connected via a cable...and work for every audio task. How can I add this "Headphones" section in Cakewalk?

Plus, you can rename any track or bus to "Headphones" and route it to your device's headphone output, whatever that may be.

[Leander]

Thanks!

I have out 1+2 and 3+4 on the back...but my headphones are connected via the headphones jack on the front...I cannot control them.

[Amberwolf]

1 hour ago, Leander said:

have out 1+2 and 3+4 on the back...but my headphones are connected via the headphones jack on the front...I cannot control them.

If tha'ts this one you just turn the knob above the headphone jack to set your level.  The main out level is under the MOTU marking, the big knob, for your speaker mix.  Normally you'll set those and leave them, so your mixes will all be consistent.  

 

Edited Monday at 09:48 PM by Amberwolf

[Leander]

Thanks, I know of course, but I want to add Sonarworks Reference to the headphones only...not the entire output...but I guess it is easier to just enable it when using headphone and disable it when using speakers.

[Amberwolf]

1 hour ago, Leander said:

Thanks, I know of course, but I want to add Sonarworks Reference to the headphones only...not the entire output..

Ah, that seems different than the "I cannot control them" from your other post

Best I could recommend is what others have said: 

If you have an independent set of outputs on the MOTU, that do *not* pass out the headphones, and they are available as separate channels in the drivers (so they show up as a separate pair in your output choices on the buses), then you can connect your speakers to those, and route the main out to that pair.   

Then create a separate headphone out bus, and put your Sonarworks Reference plugin in that bus, and route it to the MOTU channels that go to the headphone bus.  

Then create a send in the Master bus that goes to the headphone bus.

 

If there is no channel available in your bus choices that doesn't also go to the headphones, you can't do the above.

 

If there is a routing app or panel for the MOTU that lets you configure it's internal routing so that you can have an output pair that doesn't go to the headphones, then you can still do the above, but you'll need to make sure that's set whenever you want to use this configuration, if you can't make it the default way it powers up. 

 

If none of those are options, then yeah, you'll just have to switch between using the SR plugin and not.  

 

[Sock Monkey]

The headphone output bus you remember is from Computer sound system. I’ve never seen it with an audio interface unless the interface has a software mixer. The M4 doesn’t. 
 

I have the M4. 
The headphone are the same signal as 1/2 outputs. 
Output 3/4 cannot be routed to the headphones.

But they can be routed to a secondary headphone amplifier or home stereo system that has headphone jack.

A secondary master bus is then required to output to 3/4. 

 

 

Edited 20 hours ago by Sock Monkey

[rony77]

If you want a separate "Headphones" output in Cakewalk, check your audio routing in Preferences (Edit > Preferences > Audio > Devices) and make sure your Motu M4 outputs are properly assigned.